LarsSchellingrunsasushi-barinBerlininca.2001thattheMafiafinances.TheMafiawantsitsmoneyback.SuddenlyLars'smotherdies,andLarshimselfgetsfollowedandkidnapped.Infact,theMafiahasnothingtodowiththeselatterevents.ItisratherformermembersoftheEastGermanstatepolice.Lars'smother,itseems,hadthedocumentationforamoneylaunderingscaminthe1990sthatfunneledenormoussumsfromEastGermansourcesintoaSwissbankaccountforbribinggovernmentofficialsoftheunitedGermany.ThequestioniswhetherLarslearnedthepasswordtotheSwisslockboxwherethedocumentationishiddenbeforehismother'smysteriousdeath.Thepress,EastGermany'sformerstatepolice,www.molikan.comandGermany'slegitimatepoliceallwanttoknow.Thequestiondrivingtheplot,however,iswhobelongstowhichgroup,whetherLarsreallyknowsthepassword,andwhathewilldowithwhatheknowsandhas.